MODE


Meaning of MODE in English

/ məʊd; NAmE moʊd/ noun

1.

[ C ] a particular way of doing sth; a particular type of sth :

a mode of communication

a mode of behaviour

environment-friendly modes of transport

2.

[ C , U ] the way in which a piece of equipment is set to perform a particular task :

Switch the camera into the automatic mode.

3.

[ U ] a particular way of feeling or behaving :

to be in holiday mode

4.

[ C , usually sing. ] a particular style or fashion in clothes, art, etc. :

a pop video made by a director who really understands the mode

—see also à la mode , modish

5.

[ sing. ] ( technical ) a set of notes in music which form a scale :

major / minor mode

6.

[ sing. ] ( mathematics ) the value that appears most frequently in a series of numbers

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the musical and grammatical senses): from Latin modus measure, from an Indo-European root shared by mete ; compare with mood in its grammatical sense.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.